Welcome to the story of Despereaux Tilling a mouse who is in love with music stories and a princess named Pea It is also the story of a rat called Roscuro who lives in the darkness and covets a world filled with light And it is the story of Miggery Sow a slow witted serving girl who harbors a simple impossible wish These three characters are about to embark on a journey that will lead them down into a horrible dungeon up into a glittering castle and ultimately into each other s lives What happens then As Kate DiCamillo would say Reader it is your destiny to find out